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SENIOR STRESS ENGINEER - METALLIC/COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - V09/5684/S (Ingevuld)  (Ref.: AVD/EN19587)


Bedrijf
The SONACA S.A. is an aerospace construction company located in Gosselies, in the south of Belgium. It is a parent company f a group of companies located in Brazil, Canada and the United States. The SONACA Group employs more than 2,000 people around the world. In order to support their growth, the company is looking for several profiles.

Taakomschrijving
- Support Development projects regarding Structural design and Sizing of composites/metallic structures (Stiffened panels, wing leading edges, main Landing gear doors).
- Specifying need for necessary Finite Element Model updates.
- Specification/Check of Stress sheets methods and certification reports.
- Contribution to test specimen validation and test result analysis.


Profiel
- Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineer.
- 5 to 10 years of experience in stress office for structural analysis of A/C structures:
o Load introductions;
o Stiffened panels (post buckling behaviour);
o Thin walled multicell structures;
o Bond / Riveted assemblies;
o Fatigue and damage tolerance.
- Skills:
o stress methods applied to both metallic/composites (Bruhn, Roark, Niu,..);
o good knowledge of Finite Element Tools (Samcef or NASTRAN).
- Other tools: ESACRACK/ESACOMP, CATIA V5, Microsoft tools, Unix work stations.
- Language: French / English.
- Others: experienced in structural analysis reporting (preliminary stress sizing, check stress and certification reports), good communication for team works.

Aanbod
- The opportunity to join a very dynamic and challenging company, facing a substantial growth.
- The chance to fully participate to the numerous projects they are leading.
- To work in a highly technical and innovating sector.
- An attractive salary package.